vergasta
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested since circa 1750. Probably from verga (“rod”), but compare Asturian vardasca.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vergasta f (plural vergastas)
- cane or rod for whipping
- 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:
- O que a ti che compría, repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...
- "What you need", I reply, "is a good cane down your back; you have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"
- 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:
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References edit
- “vergastra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “vergasta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “verde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ver‧gas‧ta
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
vergasta f (plural vergastas)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vergasta
- inflection of vergastar: